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A blank rectangle that bankrupts the impatient and immortalizes the brave.
means A heavy, tightly woven cloth used as a surface for painting, for sails and tents, or — figuratively — as any blank space awaiting creation.
from From Latin 'cannabis' — hemp — the plant the cloth was originally woven from, which traveled through Anglo-Norman 'canevas' into English. So every painter's canvas carries the ghost of a hemp field in its name, and shares that root with the word 'cannabis' itself.
- name origin
- From Latin cannabis — early canvas was woven hemp
- sail roots
- Once stretched for ships before stretching for art
- hidden layers
- X-rays reveal painters reused canvases to save money
- tension matters
- Loose canvas cracks paint as it sags over time
for instance
nighthawks — edward hopper's 1942 oil on canvas showing a late-night diner in new york city